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Abstract: Improving quality of life in the slum is one of the development goals for new millennium. The
existence of slums is essentially a manifestation of poverty, along with the economic and industrial development-slums will continue to exist and grow further. The experience of Kerala shows that the condition of the people can be improved even at low levels of economic development through appropriate public action for social provisioning and redistribution. Kerala has been able to provide for the basic needs of most of its citizen. This is revealed by comparative indicators of health, education and demographic transition. These average indicators hide the experience of communities that have been left out of the development process such as the fisher folk and the tribals1. Increasing numbers of slums constitute a major challenge to development.The result emphasizes the need for measures to improve the physical environment of the dwelling places like basic amenities of toilets, proper drainage, sewerage system and adequate water supply. I. Introduction The sprouting of slums in the urban areas is the direct outcome of greater economic opportunities available in the cities and towns. The demonstration effect of improved standard of living prevailing in the urban area has also attracted not only the population from smaller settlements, but also the rural migrants to almost all the major urban centers resulting in the emergence of slums even in the heart of the cities. These slums occurred due to various factors, namely the shortage of developed land being beyond the reach of urban poor; large influx of population, rural migration to cities in search of jobs and inadequate provision of basic services and infrastructural facilities in the urban areas. In general, slums are the products of failed policies, bad governance, corruption, inappropriate regulation, dysfunctional land markets, unresponsive financial systems and a fundamental lack of political will2. Kerala has achieved outstanding progress in Human Development, which was reflected in the high level of education and health of its population. Crude Death Rate, Infant Mortality Rate and Life Expectancy at birth in Kerala are comparable even to those in the developed countries (World Bank, 1993). Notwithstanding the advanced level of Kerala, the question arises that whether the fruits of human development were fairly shared by all segment of population. Studies held in this regard revealed that all section of population have not benefited fully out of the development process3. Among the urban population, slum dwellers were the poorest. Literacy and education were the hall mark of Kerala Social Development. On this count also, slum population lag behind. They have remained poor, deprived of the basic nutrition, rudimentary shelter, minimally competent medical attention and basic education posing a great challenge to Kerala model of development.The main objective of the present study is to analyze the socio-economic conditions of theslum dwellers in Kannur District.
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Review Of Literature
Several studies have examined various aspects of slums and come out with diverse findings. While some studies have concluded the impact of the government Programmes to be ineffective or moderate in reducing growth of slums, k (Hussain A, karat SM and Kavle, 1999) others indicate that socio economic condition of the slums are worse (Ali AM and Joran K, 2003) and yet others suggests that the utilization of health services are inefficient (Jatindar, 1999). Here we have made an attempt to review some important socio economic aspects of slums in the world. Akter T (2008) highlights the socio economic condition of slum dwellers and their consumption pattern .The field data of the present study analyze the living conditions, Physical Environment, households health
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Various theories of slums have been in existence which shows that it is the changes in urban land-use pattern and lack of housing, which lead to overcrowding and improper maintenance. According to one theory derived from a study of Gulbarga City," the slums in the city are characterized by poverty, unemployment, and minimum level of organization beyond family bad habits, rivalries and conflicts among different caste and regional groups, and low level of political participation 4.To illustrate the complexity of slum formation and to attempt a theory of slum growth which correlates with a theory of city growth, it will be useful to construct a simple model. This is done in Table 1.1((Insert Table 1.1 about here) The model sorts out from a welter of variables two which are thought to be determinants of slums. One of these is the psychological attitude toward the possibility of success in moving up through the class structure by
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IV.
Methodology
Kannur is the fourth urbanized districts in Kerala (65.26%, census 2011) with more than 50 percent of its residents living in urban area. The survey was conducted in two slum areas, notified and non -notified. (Insert Figure 1. 1 here)
Data sources
In the present study, both primary and secondary data were used. The primary data were collected from 212 slum households of the Kannur Municipality through a well structured and pre-tested questionnaire. Secondary data were collectedfrom various sources like Census Reports, NSSO Reports, Town Planning Survey Reports, and Municipality Development Report and so on.
Sample design
The survey was conducted in two slum areas, notified and non -notified. A slum was defined as compact settlement of at least twenty households with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities in Unhygienic conditions .Based on this definition municipality identified 20slums .Out of 20, 9 were notified and 11 were not notified slums.25 percent of sample selected from each slum area.The details of the sample households are given in the following table (Insert Table 1.2about here) Out of the total household in notified area,88 sample households,including 770 population are selected from three areas,namelyN.R.city P.O Palamadam, PalakkatidaAribazar ,Beach road and 124 sample household consisting 749 population from non notifiedareas,such as Erummakadi,Kilazi line, Uppalavalappu,Dhobi line in Kannur municipality.For analyzing the objectives of the study, percentage, simpleaverageshas been used.To prove the relatioship between living standard and health status, chi-squared test is applied. The formula used to test x2 is as follows. X2 = [fo-fe]2 fe FO=Actual value or observed frequency Fe=Expected frequency. Decision criteria of x2 test is that, if the calculated value is less than the table value, here it accept the null hypothesis (Ho) otherwise reject it or accept the alternative hypothesis (H1).
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Socio-economic profile:
Socio economic profile of slum dwellers presents a vivid picture of factors such as caste, religion, education, health status and living environment of the family, type of the house, occupation and annual income of the family etc.The variables of caste and religion play equally important role in patterning and growth of slums .In the notified slum, Muslims (93.2%) accounted for a major community. Hindu and Christian constitute 4.5 and 2.3 percent respectively. In non notified slum, Hindus constitute 78.2 percent; Muslim and Christian constitute 17.7 and 4.1 percent respectively. It is striking feature of the society that Muslim (93.2%) families are inhabitants of notified slum areas. In case of these Muslims lack of education, low income, lack of technical know-how are the main reasons of setting in this slum areas.Caste are an important factor influencing the socio economic status of any society. In notified slum, Other Backward Classes like Muslim, Christian, and Yadava (95.5%) were the largest community of slum dwellers in the study area. The OEC (Mukkuvar) constitute 4.5 percent .In non notified slum, OBC were the largest communitys constitute 43.5 percent, OEC was 18.5 Percent and general (Pattar) were .8 Percent.Education status of the head is significant for analysis because education status of the head reflects in the perception of the health of the household. We observe that 58 and 36.4 percent of households were literate in notified and non notified area respectively. In the notified area, among male head of household, 45.4 percent were literate, female household literate were 13.6 percent. In non notified area, 32.4 percent of the males and 4 percent of the females were literate. It shows that Female literacy rate was very low as compared to male literacy rate and also number of literate was very low in non notified area. The employment status is a basic indicator of economic soundness of households. Majority of the person include unskilled work like fishing, coolie, cow rearing, and construction work .It show that number of unemployed person is very high in females as compared to males. The domination of unskilled work among the marginalized communities reflects uncertainty of income on their part .The quality of life is measured directly with the help of the family income. Household income measured from Rs 0 -2000 a month in this sample. The distribution of household income in table3 shows that around 94 percent of household reported an income of less than Rs 1000 a month. The remaining 6 percent received between Rs 1000 and 2000 in notified areas. In non notified areas, around 93 percent had income less than Rs 1000, 7 percent had income between Rs 1000 and 2000.Monthly Percapita Income is an important criteria used for measuring the standard of living of the people. In this sample, majority of household (83.8 and 84 %) had a monthly percapita Income of less than Rs 150 in notified and non notified areas. These households are, without doubt, extremely poor. Another 9.1 percent (9.6% in non notified area) of households, with percapita income in the range of Rs 150-300 can also be characterized as very low households. Around 4 percent (6% in non notified area) of households reported a percapita Income of RS 300-750.Thus the low monthly income of the households reveals the economic depriviation among them which reflects in their living standard.( Insert Table 1.3 about here)
Socioeconomic conditions of urban slum dwellers in kannur municipality Relationship between living environment and health status:
Living conditions have a direct impact on health.The availability of latrines is an important indicator of the sanitation.The living condition in slums are usually unhygienic and are an important factor in accelerating transmission of various water borne diseases.(insert Table 1.4 here) Table 1.4 reveals that there is a strong relationship between living environment and health status.In order to analyse the relationship between living environment and health status,chi-square test is applied in the above data.For this purpose we use the hypothesis is that bad living environment adversely affect the health status of the people. Ho: There is a direct relationship between living environment and health status H1: There is no direct relationship between living environment and health status Here the calculated value is 4.4. The level of significance is 0.05%.The table value is 9.448 and it is greater than the calculated value. Here we rejected the alternate hypothesis H1, and accept the null hypothesis Ho. it is explained by the X2 test that there is a positive relationship between living environment and health status. Here its concluded that, living environment adversely affect the health status of the people. Poor sanitary condition and poor quality of water lead to illness like diarrhoea and othe water borne diseases.slums are considerably disadvantaged as far as source of drinking water were concerned.Inslums,none of the household use any kind of scientific device for pathogen killing or germs filteration. Of those with access to well, 6.9 percent of households reported no illness, whereas among those with access to public tap was 9.1 percent in notified areas. In non notifiedarea ,it was 4.8 and 6.4 percent respectively. There is a direct relationship between public tap and incidence of illness(insert Table 1.5 here)
Saving
Around 15.9 percent of households reported no saving in notified area .Majority of the household (84.1 and 74.1 respectively) had a semi formal saving scheme(kudumbasree) in notified and non notified area.9.7 percent of household had bank or post office saving account.Table reveals that very few person had a bank or post office saving.(insert Table 1.7 here)
Opinions
Opinions are important vehicle through which one could understand the existing mental attitude of people in general and groups, and community in particular. Not only the environment or public utility services but also socio economic problems such as poverty and employment are acute to urban poor. This could be a reason why urban poor lives in slums despite lack of basic amenities. To this, we identified nine potential issues pertinent to the urban poor and asked them to rank from 1-9 as per severity (i.e. priority) to solve in their family and community. The overall ranking was determined based on weight age of all respondents in each slum. . (Insert Table 1.9 here) To sum up, the large numbers of people in slums are forced to live miserable conditions. The housing conditions of the slum dwellers are very deplorable with no latrine and bathroom. Thus, from the preceding discussion it is concluded that socio economic condition of the slum dwellers are very deplorable.
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Slums are the product of socio-economic and cultural conditions of a particular social system inhibiting the physical, mental, moral and social development of the individuals. Kurien (1995) observed that the basic amenities related to housing such as electric lighting, toilet facilities and access to water are also at far lower standards in the fishing villages of Kerala when compared to the state as a whole.For analyzing the socio economic condition of slum dwellers, the present study is taken seven slum areas of kannur municipality.212 sample households were taken for the study.From the analysis, it is found that the socio economic conditions of the slum dwellers in the notified areas where the IHSDP (Integrated household Slum Development Programme) implemented,are better than slums in non notified area.
Suggestions
The following are the major Suggestions for the study Most of the slums identified for the study area were low lying areas and inundated during rainy seasons. Measures should be taken to raise their level in order to avoid problems of flooding and sledging in such slums. The open drains alongside the road should either be provided with removable covers or appropriate arrangements should be made for their regular cleaning so as to avoid accumulation of sewage. Local government should provide more facility of public latrines for prevention of water and land pollution. Local government should undertake measures to improve the physical environment of the dwelling places, proper drainage, sewerage system and adequate water supply. Slum clinic or mobile clinic van should be arranged for treatment of common morbities and health promotional activities. Local government should develop strategies to prevent the formation of new slums. These should include access to affordable land, reasonably priced materials, employment opportunities and basic infrastructures.
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Conclusion
The rapid growth of population in urban centers since independence has led to the emergence and growth of urban slums in the country. The developmental activities in urban centers provide employment to the rural migrants as well as the local urban population. These low income groups, in the absence of proper shelter were settled in pockets of the slum areas characterized by overcrowding, dilapidated dwellings, lack of sanitation and civic amenities. Realizing the gravity of the situation governments have implemented a number of schemes and programmes to improve the living conditions of people living in slums. Our study has shown that in the notified area conditions of slum dwellers are better than that of non-notified area. In the non- notified area health and living conditions are continuous to be very poor and disgusting. In short multiprolonged strategy required not only to address the needs of slum dwellers for shelter but also the problems of urban poverty, unemployment, low incomes and lack of access to basic urban services.
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Appendix
Table 1.1: A Model on Slums Classes Hope Despair Escalator A B Non-escalator C D Source: Charles j Stroke (1962), Land Economic
Figure 1.1
Source: Town Planning Office2011, Kannur Table 1.2: Details of Sample Household Ward Number Total number Number of of households sample as collected households from Kannur municipality 352 88 31 30 31 31 30 30 490 45 25 50 23 124
Total Population
Notified (i) 1.N.R.city P.O Palamadam 2.Palakkatida Aribazar 3.Beach road Non Notified(ii) Erummakadi Kilaziline Uppalavalppu Dhobi line
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Table 1.3: Socio Economic Characteristics of Sample Households Notified Non - Notified Religion Hindu 4.5 78.2 Muslim 93.2 17.7 Christian 2.3 4.1 Caste SC 18.5 OBC 95.5 43.5 OEC 4.5 37.2 General 0.8 Education Literate Illiterate Occupation Skilled worker Unskilled worker Monthly PCI Less than 150 58 42 36.4 63.6 0.4 63.6 85
All 47.6 49.1 3.3 10.8 65.1 23.6 0.5 45.8 54.2
Table: 1.5 Distribution of households by incidence of illness and sources of drinking water
Sources of drinking water No Some illness illness Public tap 8(9.1) 70(879.5) 8(6.4) 68(54.8) 16(7.5) 138(65.1) Private well 6(6.9) 4(4.5) 6(4.8) 42(34) 12(5.7) 46(21.7) Source: Field survey2011, Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage Table: 1.6 Housing, Drinking Water and Sanitary Conditions in the Study Area Notified Non - Notified All Housing Pucca 25 6.4 14.1 Semi Pucca 68.2 79 74.6 Kutcha 6.8 14.6 11.3 Single Households Toilet Private toilet Public toilet Open area Both Roomed 43.2 47.7 9.1 Notified area incidence of illness No illness Some illness Non notified area incidence of illness No illness Some illness All
Sources of Drinking Water Private Well 6.8 Public tap Drainage Facility No Drainage Garbage Facility Public Space Burning Availability of Electricity Yes No 97.7 2.3 88.6 17.1
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Bank or post office Semi formal saving scheme None Total 74 (84.1)
12(9.7) 92(74.1)
12(5.7) 166(78.3)
14(15.9) 88(100)
20(16.2) 124(100)
34(16) 212(100)
Table 1.8 Distribution (%) of household using type of Media Radio Newspaper No Total Yes No Total Yes No 36.4 100 21.6 78.4 100 88 37.1 100 17.7 82.3 100 19.4 80.6 36.8 100 19.3 80.7 100 Source: Field Survey 2011 11.3 88.7
APL
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Table 1.9 Distribution of household to the rank order of most urgent need Issues Rank orderRank order-Non All Notified Area notified Area
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